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I had given up on Tori Amos after "Under the Pink," but I felt strangely compelled to get this. It's surprisingly good. Really mellow, and mature. Her lyrics are still annoying, but not as bad as I remember, and frankly I haven't been paying attention to them because the melodies and instrumentalization are really pretty and attention-grabbing. There are a lot of guitars and non-piano instruments going on. I got the Neko Case because I had been in a miserable mood yesterday and put on her ...last album whose name I forget... last night, and sang along while I did the dishes, and boy howdy, did my mood improve. So I figured I could use some more Neko Case around the house. The Afghan Whigs purchase was also whimsical. That was like the only mainstream release of theirs that I was missing, and I saw it and had to have it. It's 6 songs, five of which are covers of Motown/old R&B songs. The best thing about the Whigs are their covers. Weird, totally out of left field covers. They've done Hole's "Miss World," for example. My favorite is "If I Only Had a Heart" from the Wizard of Oz -- Greg Dulli makes it into a psychopath's torch song. Awesome. Anyway, I'm happy now. I hadn't bought any new music in a while, and I was suffering. |
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spider. I recently acquired, through gifts and purchase: Miles Davis - On the Corner The Les CLaypool Frog Brigade - Purple Onion (four out of five stars, i recommend it) Drums and Tuba- Mostly Ape Danu- Think before you thing & All things considered (impressive traditional celtic stuff, best i've heard since Solas). I intend on picking up the new Audioslave soemtime soon. |
but on the topic of music, after I found a bunch of spooky Halloween songs, do you know which song I found to be one of the spookiest? the theme song for "Knight Rider". really! in a good way! |
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neeeeeed more coffee. |
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But these songs are neat and filled with interesting chords, and Neko's voice is softer, and the whole song package is just more interesting. However, they don't sound like they'd be as fun to sing in the car. Ah, I'll take the tradeoff. |
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They're not. Well, they're *sorta* dark, but not much. One of their songs is used as the theme song to the TV show, "Ed." But they're still pretty good. They have one song that's mostly instrumental (pretty and dissonant), and then at the end, the man sings, "You're so evil / and I'm so good / I'll make it up to you some day." The end. It's neat. Don't be afraid of your anger I will eat it with mustard and wine The crumbs in your hair You should shampoo with care If it's tearless I'm sure it would say Don't be afraid of the language I know you don't mean what you say Your tongue can get sharp But it's soft in my mouth And there's towels and ice we could use Don't roll your eyes at me slowly I know I was acting the slut When I loosened my belt And said I knew how you felt From a book that explained it away Don't be afraid of your anger I'll eat it with mustard and wine And lick the blood from your lip And the bruise from your hip When this pillowfight gets out of hand. |
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i love Clem Snide! i saw them last year here in austin at south by southwest. they were great - and i think they're coming again this year. i would call them an even mix between melancholy and silly. they're big on irony. they're country music tinged indie sensitive white boy music. they always perform wearing coats and ties, or powder-blue tuxedos. my favorite clem snide songs are Messiah Complex Blues and African Friend. |
Yes! Which album(s) are those songs on? My CD insert (the CD's in my car and I can't remember the title) had a picture of all the band members, and there was one old bearded guy in there.... do you remember what he played? From the way the photo and band member list are laid out, it looks like he should be the singer, but I can't imagine that voice coming from that face. |
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http://www.clemsnide.com :) check this site out. this is so hot. i remember seeing the first version of this algorithm in an online thesaurus. the words closest in meaning to the original word were spatially closer. they've applied this to concept to bands, and it's awesome: http://www.gnod.net/music/related/Clem+Snide.asp |
I got my CD from my car....it's called "The Ghost of Fashion." |
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has anyone heard the new stephen malkmus album, lib pig? HOLY HELL is it good. totally transcendent. huge sound, great guitar work, long story-telling melodic songs. makes me feel like i'm stoned. |
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hey spider. i saw clem snide this past saturday night. (i was able to catch one night of sxsw music.) i paid $25 to see them, and then apples in stereo, followed by camper van beethoven. kevin and i both agreed that clem snide did not perform as well as they did the year before. but they are still great live. camper was brilliant. they did everything in their power to completely alienate the audience. people actually started wandering out half-way through. david lowery is so talented - great song writer, great guitarist, great singer. apples and stereo really stole the show though. they rocked the house so hard, people were going nuts. before that show i got to see most of the set of Her Space Holiday from austin. they're the next spoon, i think. there's a link to an mp3 of them at: http://www.sxsw.com/music/showcases/pages/5100.html |
I didn't know Camper van Beethoven were still around! That's a name I haven't heard in a long time. The Apples in Stereo do indeed rock. Them and Neutral Milk Hotel -- the best of the Elephant 6 bands. (Uh, I'm not damning them with faint praise, am I? I really like the Elephant 6 collective.) |
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - good, slow and dirgy, a little bit like Soundtrack of Our Lives I think AFI - Sing the Sorrow - they really stepped up on this one, having mediocre releases before.. Should become a big band Reggie and the Full Effect "Under the tray" - funny somewhat punk/emo but with a sense of humor instead of that faux emotion rock that Elliott and other emo bands plunder |
Soundtrack of our Lives annoys me for no particular reason. BRMC recently relocated from CA to the UK to find their shoegazer roots. fuckers. I never got a chance to see them live. very JMC in my mind, and i dig em. |
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I asked my friend when they are playing again, this is what he said, why i love him, and why you shoudl go see him, they are talented as fuck and smartass mothers as well. "We do have a cd release at Eyedrum in the ATL on Sat. May 10. I booked Chris Swartz' project, Broken Symmetry as opener. It's Chris and two other guys, all on electronics. I saw them in Athens at a bookstore/coffee house called XRAY cafe last week. They were huge. Big ominous Tangerine Dream krautrock ambience. I also have some friends from Athens, Krater Trio to open as well. They are a free jazz trio. Sax, gtr. and drums. They are heavy but sound like desert music too. It should be quite a show. Jim is doing films for us. We are doing the East Coast tour in June. NC, Virginia, Boston, NY, hopefully a full week or more. Travis is getting married in Ga. a week from Saturday. We get to go to the wedding and then leave straight for a Blacklove gig in NC. Mitch has a new two piece all electronic (even electronic drums) band called Tenth To The Moon. It is a real progression for him, and really stylin'. It's like Kraftwerk and Gary Numan, but more deranged. Doug from Broken Symmetry is the other member.We hosted some friends from Houston, a band called Chicken Hawk, a couple of weekends ago. They are a two piece also. Two pretty young girls that dress as unicorns and play dark minimal art punk with a drum machine. They spent the weekend with us. The singer/guitaristMichelle brought her boyfriend Ralf. He's about ten years older than me and is originally from Cleveland. He played in a band in the 70's called The Lepers, they put out a punk 45 and used to open for Pere Ubu alot. He has played in shitloads of Houston punk noise groups like Painteens, Culturcide, and his new group Swarm Of Angels which sounds like Tom's stuff but with no wave songs sort of like Contortions." you should go see them. smoke a fatty and go. it will be good. i promise. |
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